I'm not itching to type faster either, so we might be both weirdo :D I'm using these tools to stop switching between my mouse and my keyboard all the time. It

I'm not itching to type faster either, so we might be both weirdo :D I'm using these tools to stop switching between my mouse and my keyboard all the time. It might not bothering you, and it wasn't bothering me either before I tried to spend most of my time on the keyboard. After that, like many things in development, it's a question of preferences; but you can try and see for yourself. You don't have to buy the book for that: I've many articles about mouseless tools on my blog for free for example, and there are even more on Internet :)